Beer Brewing Bibliography

I've acquired a large number of books on beer and brewing over the
years, and have become particularly interested in making historical
recipes. The following is a brief listing of the books I've got, and what
I think of them.

A historical text with lots of excellent information
about methods of brewing "malt liquors" in sixteenth century England.
There aren't many recipes in here, and those that are there are pretty
obtuse ("to Brew five Bushels of Malt, whose Copper holds brim-full
thirty six Gallons or a Barrel" -- five bushels of malt for thirty six
gallons of beer). Dr. John Harrison has a few recipes extracted from
this book in his Old British Beers and How to Brew Them. But it's
a good source for how beer was brewed before thermometers and hydrometers
were invented, and it's a pretty entertaining read.

The title is a link to a 240 KB PDF version of this book. It was
created from Project Guttenberg text sources, and built using the
dayroman TeX fonts.

Old British Beers and How to Brew Them. 2003. Dr. John Harrison and the Durden Park Beer Circle.